Construction workers return to work after deadly accident at downtown high-rise

Workers are back on the job at a construction site in downtown Oklahoma City after a man drove a scissor lift off the 14th floor. KOCO’s Kelsey Powerll has a look at the numbers on accidents happening at construction sites.

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Construction workers return to work after deadly accident at downtown high-rise

Workers are back on the job at the Oklahoma City construction site where an accident Friday that left a man dead.Authorities said the man drove a scissor lift off the 14th floor and fell to his death. Occupational Safety and Health Administration tells KOCO 5 that the subcontractor the man worked for is Baker Concrete Construction based out of Monroe, Ohio.The company has had a total of 20 OSHA investigations since 2012. None of them were in Oklahoma until Friday’s accident. OSHA reports 16 cited violations over the last five years, but only two of those violations were related to fatal on-the-job accidents.The administration also put out a hazard alert about working safely with scissor lifts this year. The alert warns against the hazards presented in workplaces that use the lifts in order to prevent injuries or fatalities.So far this year in Oklahoma, there have been 30 worker-fatality incidents investigated by OSHA, nine of which happened to workers in the construction industry.OSHA said it isn't releasing any new details about the investigation into Friday’s accident.

OKLAHOMA CITY —

Workers are back on the job at the Oklahoma City construction site where an accident Friday that left a man dead.

Authorities said the man drove a scissor lift off the 14th floor and fell to his death. Occupational Safety and Health Administration tells KOCO 5 that the subcontractor the man worked for is Baker Concrete Construction based out of Monroe, Ohio.

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The company has had a total of 20 OSHA investigations since 2012. None of them were in Oklahoma until Friday’s accident. OSHA reports 16 cited violations over the last five years, but only two of those violations were related to fatal on-the-job accidents.

The administration also put out a hazard alert about working safely with scissor lifts this year. The alert warns against the hazards presented in workplaces that use the lifts in order to prevent injuries or fatalities.

So far this year in Oklahoma, there have been 30 worker-fatality incidents investigated by OSHA, nine of which happened to workers in the construction industry.

OSHA said it isn't releasing any new details about the investigation into Friday’s accident.